1 reviews | Active since Jan 2013
Refusal to uphold policy
In 2015 I was sold a Top Up insurance product by BMW Auto Atlantic. The F&I rep assured me that everything above the retail value would be covered in the event of a total loss. I was assured that the product I am buying and would be paying a monthly premium for would cover everything that the primary insurance did not, including my excess. This was everything over and above the retail value of the car.
I am now in the unfortunate position where I require the cover I paid for and was assured of. BUT PinnAfrica has other ideas.
First i was told that they would not be paying about R13 000 due to about R10 000 in early settlement fees. When I produced evidence in writing from BMW that there was R0 early settlement fees. i received no apologies or explanation as to how they got to the "early settlement" calculation.
This was clearly false and an attempt de***** me .
They then did a recalculation (keep in mind nothing changed on the finance house side, the primary insurance side or my side) with god knows what numbers. Even if they used legitimate numbers, where did they find the numbers to do the initial calculation with???
Any way, teh recalculation was done and they came back refusing to pay around R2800 because this is considered as Collection and Legal costs. I contacted BMW financial services and they have no clue what PinnAfrica is talking about.
PinnAfrica clearly sold me a product verbally that they had no intention of upholding and they have now shown a history and a tendency to fabricate calculations to their advantage.
Do not engage with this company as they will leave you in a position that you potentially could not recover from.
It is within your right to approach the Ombudsman for a fair review and ruling. We note that we have not lost an Ombudsman case in the last 15+ years as we pay according to the policy accepted.
Please understand that spreading false information is considered deformation and has legal consequences.
It is within your right to approach the Ombudsman for a fair review and ruling. We note that we have not lost an Ombudsman case in the last 15+ years as we pay according to the policy accepted.
Please understand that spreading false information is considered deformation and has legal consequences.
